About this project
It’s been eight years since the release of Crooked Fingers’ Reservoir Songs EP, which found the band—led by former Archers Of Loaf frontman Eric Bachmann—covering songs by Prince, David Bowie, Queen, Kris Kristofferson, Neil Diamond, and Bruce Springsteen. Crooked Fingers intended to release a new set of Reservoir Songs every year or so, but the idea faded in favor of other projects.
After requests from fans for a follow-up, Bachmann found the time to arrange and record Reservoir Songs Volume II, which will include his versions of great songs by The Kinks, Moby Grape, Merle Haggard, and others. Rather than a standard CD release, Foreign Leisure Records and Crooked Fingers will be pressing a very special limited-edition vinyl 12”, each of which will be hand-numbered. The art for this sleeve will be created by Jay Ryan, who will print the sleeves at his shop, The Bird Machine. There are no plans for a CD release.
Our target amount reflects the recording and manufacturing costs of the vinyl, plus the royalties to be paid to the authors of the songs. Any amount raised above our target will be put toward the recording of a new Crooked Fingers LP. We are aiming for an early summer release.
SIDE A
1. Shelly's Winter Love (Merle Haggard)
2. I Am Not Willing (Moby Grape)
3. Gentle On My Mind (John Hartford)
SIDE B
1. Wild One (Thin Lizzy)
2. Black Rose (Billy Joe Shaver)
3. Strangers (The Kinks)
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A high-quality download of Reservoir Songs Volume II.
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A limited, numbered edition of RS2 on vinyl, with screenprinted cover art by Jay Ryan, mailed to the U.S. by media mail. Plus a download.
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A limited, numbered edition of RS2 on vinyl, with screenprinted cover art by Jay Ryan, mailed worldwide. Plus a download.
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A limited, numbered edition of RS2 on vinyl, with screenprinted cover art by Jay Ryan, mailed to the U.S. by media mail. Plus a download. Plus your name on the guest list + 1 for one Crooked Fingers show of your choice.
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A limited, numbered edition of RS2 on vinyl, with screenprinted cover art by Jay Ryan, mailed to the U.S. by media mail. Plus a download. Plus your name on the guest list + 1 for any/all Crooked Fingers shows through 2011.
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Vinyl, download, and an autographed test pressing of RS2.
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Vinyl, download, and Crooked Fingers will record a cover of your choice and release it for free as a downloadable bonus track. The song choice must be approved in advance, and you don’t own the recording—you just get to pick the song! (Send us a message and we'll quickly accept or decline your song request.)
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Vinyl, download, and Crooked Fingers (in duo form) will fly to your location (in the continental US) and perform a concert in your living room (or other mutually agreeable venue) for as many friends as you want to pack in.
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Songwriter/musician Eef Barzelay has been making music--both as Clem Snide and under his own name--since the early '90s.
Foreign Leisure is a barely existent micro-indie label that has released just eight things in 10 years, including the vinyl versions of Eric Bachmann’s solo album, To The Races, and most of the Maritime catalog on vinyl.
